6x6 boxed heart posts.

weisyboy · May 11, 2011, 06:34:32 AM

got an order for 100 - 6x6 posts 6' long to fill.

started on it today.

30 down 70 to go.

didnt start the saw till 9.20 and finished at 3.

Kansas · May 11, 2011, 07:26:27 AM

Those side pieces cry out for a gang rip saw and then a resaw to get all the pallet boards out of them.

ely · May 11, 2011, 08:40:07 AM

i seen that picture of the slab pile and thought , man what alot of meat left on the bone.
:D

Piston · May 11, 2011, 09:49:20 AM

Quote from: ely on May 11, 2011, 08:40:07 AM
i seen that picture of the slab pile and thought , man what alot of meat left on the bone.
:D

That could make some neat siding for a small building, like an outhouse or toolshed or something.

sgschwend · May 12, 2011, 01:56:37 PM

WB, that a perfect part a swing mill.

I haven' tried this yet but I was considering using your split post idea to make beams. Setting up so the wheels are on the left of my mill, which would allow for the setup of two log positions. Left side log on wheels, right side log on mill frame and clamps. Making the first two cuts there, using the wheels to rotate the log to 90 degrees, then set the 1/2 beam on the bed and make the last two side from there. Should be a lot easier to make the big beams that way.

weisyboy · May 13, 2011, 06:49:53 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi7e3oMbc-M

sgschwend- are you talking about cutting beams larger than the blade can cut

Magicman · May 14, 2011, 07:53:07 AM

How about those shorts in the 4th picture.

sgschwend · May 14, 2011, 11:03:19 AM

Yeah, WB, large beams or just making a cant for latter milling.

The largest I have made with the band saw was 6X24X25'. The new frame will make ones up to 38'. I did receive a call from a boat wright who wanted to have a mast cut but that was a 100 footer. I heard later that when they were moving the mast and going around a street corner the mast wiped out all the stuff on the corner.